Job Description
- Collecting data required to make improvements and/or modifications
- Overseeing the construction of new plants
- Using and developing complicated process simulation software
- Purchasing and installing equipment
- Using scientific principles related to magnitude, momentum, heat transfer etc
- Supervising plant operations
- Investigating and troubleshooting plant/process problems
- Scheduling and co-ordinating work to tight deadlines and within financial budgets
- Ensuring that equipment works to its specification and to appropriate capacities
- Assessing safety and environmental issues
- Liaising with installation/project engineers and specialists
- Ensuring safe working conditions and compliance with health and safety legislation
Job Specification
Chemical engineers should have a degree in chemical/process engineering. The fastest route to gaining Institution of Chemical Engineers chartered status is to take an accredited MEng degree followed by at least four years' vocational training with an accredited employer. A postgraduate qualification can be beneficial, as can relevant manufacturing or process industry work experience.
Opportunities to gain experience and an insight into the profession are provided by many employers via vacation work, sponsorship and industrial placements.
Job Rewards and Benefits
Communication
Health Insurance
Incentive Bonus
Leaves
Life Insurance
Medical
Provident Fund
Transport